Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

Included in this article you’ll find: The results of our flash polls we conducted on year-end fundraising. Let’s dive into the poll data. Do they realize the average email open rate is 30%, meaning 70% of people won’t read your email appeal, and direct mail response rates are even lower?”. Have they done the math?”.

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Nonprofits Source

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

According to a recent Hootsuite poll, only 20% of nonprofits feel ‘extremely confident’ that they are maximizing their social media potential. For example, Gen Z and Millennial audiences are active Instagram users, while older generations tend to be more active on Facebook. What should you post? When should you post?

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Get Fully Funded

JULY 19, 2023

Great experiences don’t just keep your members happy, they also boost your nonprofit’s reputation, generate more revenue and increase retention rates. Also, depending on your members’ preferences, you may want to consider alternative event formats like virtual or hybrid events for greater attendance rates.

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Achieve

OCTOBER 6, 2023

In this guide, we’ll walk through three key social media fundraising metrics, as well as how you can improve them: Social Media Engagement Rate Conversion Rate Social Media Return on Investment Ready to tap into the full potential of social media fundraising? This is where your social media engagement rates come in.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 30, 2024

Track donors’ engagement AI tools can help measure supporters’ feelings and opinions about your nonprofit by gathering data from surveys, polls, forms, and marketing engagement metrics like email opens or social media likes. You can use this information to identify trends and patterns in donor sentiment.

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Twenty Hats

JANUARY 12, 2021

I make a point of varying the format , sometimes using polls or breakout rooms for smaller group discussion and brainstorming. Interestingly, a follow up poll gave the event relatively low marks. Interestingly, I polled 65 volunteers at our January 2021 Zoom meeting, about how they prefer being appreciated by staff.

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sgEngage

MAY 27, 2021

Key fundraising metrics like donor retention rate, donation frequency, and fundraising return on investment (ROI). For example, if you discover your donor retention rate is falling, you can focus more time and resources on donor stewardship in the months leading up to GivingTuesday to boost retention.

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Allegiance Group

OCTOBER 3, 2022

To find your organization’s donor retention rate, divide the number of renewed donors this year by the total number of donors last year. In other words, if you had 123 renewed donors out of 300 total donors from the previous year, your retention rate would be 41%. How is retention measured? Why is retention so necessary?

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DNL OmniMedia

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

But after hosting many events over the years, how can your organization change up its approach and plan more engaging activities? Your supporters shouldn’t just attend your event—they should be excited to actively engage in your activities so they can enjoy every aspect of the experience.

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Qgiv

MAY 24, 2023

More than half of Millennial respondents rated themselves as being motivated to respond to a direct mail appeal. 64% of all donors polled reported that they were highly motivated by the prospect of their donation being matched. 34% gave tithes and offerings alone, which was the highest out of every generation polled.

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 14, 2022

open rate, CTR. blogs, videos, photos, etc… Social media platform insights can offer a lot of this information but doing an informal survey or poll can also work to learn more about your audiences. What other museums do they follow/enjoy visiting? How engaged are they? What type of content do they respond to best?

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sgEngage

APRIL 10, 2023

For example, if you discover your donor retention rate is falling, you can focus on donor stewardship in the months leading up to Giving Tuesday to boost retention. Actively build a community by connecting with supporters through their preferred communication channels. Creating experiences that fulfill their needs.

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NonProfit Hub

APRIL 17, 2024

Supporters won’t read your blog just because they have a relationship with your nonprofit—they want to engage with informative, interesting content that actively furthers their understanding of your cause. It also reassures your readers that your organization is active and constantly working toward its mission.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 22, 2020

Nonprofit VOTE’s study of voters engaged by nonprofits ahead of the 2018 election showed that not only were the engaged voters about twice as likely to be non-white, lower income, and younger than 25, the “nonprofit voters” turned out at rates 11 percentage points higher than voters that shared their demographic characteristics.

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Qgiv

JANUARY 16, 2024

Fun Team Events | Best software for entertainment activities Fun Team Events blends entertainment and philanthropy by offering a distinctive and enjoyable avenue for your donors to support your cause. Mailchimp’s behavior-based automations also help increase conversion rates and deepen user engagement.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 17, 2012

AppBistro is the Yelp of Facebook apps – they’re rated and reviewed – if you want to search for a specific functionality – it is a good place to browse. Survey Apps: Doing polls and quick surveys are great ways to engage your audience and there are apps for that.

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Neon CRM

OCTOBER 6, 2023

By offering a discounted rate for those who purchase tickets well in advance, you can create a sense of urgency and boost initial ticket sales. And don’t forget to follow up with reminder emails and exclusive offers to boost conversion rates! These tickets can attract donors willing to pay a premium for an enhanced experience.

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NetWits

MAY 19, 2011

Specific audience-centric communications will help you relate to individual constituents and give you the ability to track response rates based on each group. Utilize discussions boards, polls, blogs, surveys and social media to actively engage participants throughout the fundraising campaign. 4) Activate. 2) Educate.

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Classy

APRIL 2, 2021

At the end of the Collaborative: Virtual Sessions in 2020, we polled our sponsors with key questions such as: . Overall, how do you rate the event for supporting those objectives? What are the primary objectives of your sponsorship? What benefits would you like to see in future sponsorship packages? Provide Fun Ways to Gather .

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Classy

JUNE 1, 2021

Create a unique hashtag for your live event to encourage attendees to get active on social. Given the impact of a simple thank you on retention rates, you shouldn’t stay limited to just one channel. Send out polls ahead of time that you can address during the live discussion. The higher volume of touchpoints, the better.

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Tech Soup

JULY 12, 2012

That's why BetterWorld Telecom, a TechSoup donation partner, is offering nonprofits a special rate on one of our favorite tools – Adobe Connect. With the ability to present slides, share links and desktops, conduct polls, and create and store meeting notes, virtual meetings can be more productive than meetings in person.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

This helps you monitor your progress with various campaigns, your donor retention rate, and other metrics that are important to your fundraising success. You can also add new engagement activities of existing supporters to their constituent timelines. Polling capabilities enable quick decision-making between and leading up to meetings.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 25, 2012

This year, it rolled out significant changes, allowing app developers to create custom actions using any verb and object related to the activity taking place on the app. These so-called “lightweight” activities can be defined by the app creator and pushed throughout the Facebook experience.

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NTEN

JUNE 30, 2010

Online: On the backend, this system was nearly identical to the Call-In option, as the two were just different input options for the same Precision Polling system. To keep the three systems unified and to limit confusion, we assigned a 3-digit identifying code to each of our sessions that could be used for any of the three evaluation methods.

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NTEN

JULY 28, 2010

For example, FB ads return higher click and conversion rates when the call-to-action on the ad links to an FB asset, such as a Page. Add in FB’s “Like” rating feature next to key digital assets, as well. Ratings add dimension to your information by helping visitors judge the value of content more quickly and robustly.

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 19, 2018

Are your email open rates and click rates dropping? Many organizations have jumpstarted their engagement rates on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram by sending emails asking supporters to share a specific post. Many organizations regularly poll their members about issues large and small. Breaking up the routine can help.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 17, 2011

Mayer’s research is from the 1990s, but the finders were recently validated again in a study from Carl Wieman that college students learn more, attend class at higher rates and are more engaged in their education when teachers take a more interactive approach in the classroom.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 15, 2010

Unfortunately, these accents on counting activities and maintaining regulatory compliance left unanswered the basic question of effectiveness: Were the efforts of these charities bringing about any meaningful, sustainable, or measurable positive change to those they existed to serve? It is unmistakable and undeniable.

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AccelEvents

JUNE 16, 2021

Event analytics will tell you details about your attendees, the number of sessions they attended, popular sessions, and things raised in polls, Q&As, live chats, and more. . Most comprehensive event platforms allow for gamification as well, which provides more audience engagement and increased brand approval rates. .

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Care2

JANUARY 14, 2009

Given the email clutter your subscribers battle daily, how are your organization’s e-newsletter open and click-through rates looking these days? Here are some useful tips to increase your e-newsletters performance rates. Get Interactive: Ask people to take a poll or share a story. by age, interest, activism level).

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Achieve

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Social media polls. Social media platforms like Instagram, Facebook and X (formerly known as Twitter) allow you to send out polls and questions to your followers. Be sure to track relevant social media metrics , like how many people interact with your polls, to assess the effectiveness and relevance of your interactive content.

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Care2

JANUARY 15, 2009

Given the email clutter your subscribers battle daily, how are your organization’s e-newsletter open and click-through rates looking these days? Here are some useful tips to increase your e-newsletters performance rates. Get Interactive: Ask people to take a poll or share a story. by age, interest, activism level).

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Neon CRM

AUGUST 4, 2023

Sharing behind-the-scenes views of your organization, reporting on the individuals, communities, or organizations you’ve helped, or holding contests, polls, and surveys are all good ways to build engagement. A low engagement rate may mean that your content isn’t resonating. This can help you control ad spending.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 2, 2011

I polled some friends in the media relations world and came up with some ideas that might help – one that might even be a tad controversial: Seasonal Opportunities: Whatever you might be doing that is seasonal or timely will have a greater chance of getting press coverage. Also look for opportunities to leverage industry data.

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Qgiv

APRIL 28, 2021

Finally, you want to make sure you add interactive elements to your livestream, whether that’s by adding chat people can use to ask questions, or y breaking up your livestream with polls, quizzes, raffles, etc. Text messages have a 98% open rate, yet it’s still a vastly underused tool. that encourage participation. Final Thoughts.

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DNL OmniMedia

APRIL 15, 2024

This could include discussion forums, live chat support, or interactive polls and surveys. Surveys and polls: Nonprofits can leverage member feedback gleaned from surveys and polls to improve the user experience on a website, get new ideas for fundraising , and gain valuable insight into member satisfaction.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 5, 2009

Sometimes that's all you need - making a donation, sending petitions, affecting website ratings, flooding online polls, etc. The author's point about social media providing an outlet for people's activism that sucks away people's time for real social change is an excellent one. (A Mad props to them.)

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